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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "When working with a source file and a target file onscreen, how do you arrange them?".

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Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise  Identity Verified
Belgium
Local time: 03:36
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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CAT Oct 12, 2024

I'm constantly working with a CAT tool, so source on the left and target on the right.

If I'm asked to translate straight from a PDF (something that hasn't happened since ages) I put the source on top and the target below.

expressisverbis
Angie Garbarino
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 02:36
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Oct 12, 2024

If I need to have both files, it will be source on the left and target on the right, but most of the times I overwrite.
 
Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 03:36
Italian to English
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proofreading Oct 12, 2024

The only time I need the 2 files on-screen is for proofreading.
Usually I split the screen with the source on top and the target below.
For translating with a CAT, source on the left and target on the right.
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:36
Spanish to English
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Other - N/A Oct 12, 2024

I rarely if ever have a source and target file on screen at the same time. When at home, I work on a desktop PC, and if I want to have a source file open while I'm working on the translation, I set up my laptop on my left and do it that way, with the two full screens.
 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 03:36
English to German
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left/right Oct 14, 2024

If I happen to work with two separate files, my standard arrangement is source on the left and target on the right. I use a 27'' screen exactly for this reason: displaying two entire pages side by side, being web pages, pdfs or docs.
 
Asmata (X)
Asmata (X)
Pakistan
Source file Oct 14, 2024

I arrange all of the things at one place and then work accordingly
 


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